Novello, Valdir FelipeWilliam da Cruz, FranciscoVuille, MathiasPereira Silveira Campos, José LeandroStríkis, Nicolás MisailidisApaéstegui Campos, James EmilianoMoquet, Jean SebastienAzevedo, VitorAmpuero, AngelaUtida, GiselleWang, XianfengPaula-Santos, Gustavo MacedoJaqueto, PlinioRuiz Pessenda, Luiz CarlosBreecker, Daniel O.Karmann, Ivo2021-06-282021-06-282021-03-01Novello, V. F., William da Cruz, F., Vuille, M., Pereira Silveira Campos, J. L., Stríkis, N. M., Apaéstegui, J., … Karmann, I. (2021). Investigating δ¹³C values in stalagmites from tropical South America for the last two millennia.==$Quaternary Science Reviews, 255,$==106822. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.106822index-oti2018http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12816/4951Due to the many factors controlling δ¹³C values in stalagmites, complicating their paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental interpretation, most studies do not present δ¹³C values, but instead focus mainly on δ¹⁸O values. This is also the case for most cave studies from tropical South America, where many new δ¹⁸O stalagmite records covering the last millennia were recently published. Here, we review the δ¹³C values in stalagmites, investigating the influence on this proxy of local hydroclimate, altitude, temperature and vegetation types, by employing a new dataset composed of published and unpublished carbon isotope records from various sites in tropical South America. The main factors influencing δ¹³C values are associated with the local hydroclimate, followed by minor effects from temperature. Most of the isotopic records show a significant correlation between the δ¹³C and δ¹⁸O values, indicating a close relationship between local hydroclimate and atmospheric convective processes related to the South American Monsoon System.application/pdfenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessδ¹³CSpeleothemStalagmiteHydroclimateInvestigating δ¹³C values in stalagmites from tropical South America for the last two millenniainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttps://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.05.04https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.05.09Quaternary Science Reviewshttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.106822